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Summary

Born
Jan 1768
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
May 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Mar 1788
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Personal Information

Name: John Barry
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1768
Death: 3rd Mar 1788
Age at death: 20
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Bristol
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 13th May 1787
Ship: Friendship
Arrival: 21st Jan 1788
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

John Barry was transported on the Friendship, departing 13th May 1787 and arriving 21st Jan 1788 with 107 passengers.

This convict ship, being 274 tons and 75 feet long was one of the light weight ships in the fllet and was skippered by Master Francis Walton. Built in Scarborough in 1784, she carried 76 male and 21 female convicts. During her return voyage to England her crew came down with scurvy and with insufficient crew to man her, she was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.

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Convict Notes

Eric Harry Daly avatar
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on 11th January 2013

John Barry was tried at Bristol, Gloucestershire on 23 November 1785 for stealing stockings of unknown value. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 19 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as None. Report from Dunkirk hulk was “tolerably decent and orderly”. He died in 1788.